阅读理解 It was a very hot day. A lion and a sheep were both thirsty (口渴的). The sheep found a small pool....

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It was a very hot day. A lion and a sheep were both thirsty (口渴的). The sheep found a small pool. Just when the sheep started to drink water from the pool, the lion came up to him and shouted, "I should drink first. I' m the king (大王) of all the animals. Get out of my way!"

"No," said the sheep. "I should drink first. I found the water."

"You will drink it all up," said the lion. "There won't be any left, and I' m almost dead (死的) with thirst.'

"And I haven't drunk water all day," said the sheep.

So they started to quarrel. They shouted louder and louder, and the lion even ran after the sheep to the top of a small hill.

Suddenly the lion stopped. He looked up into the sky. The sheep looked up, too. A vulture (秃鹫) was there. All the animals knew and were afraid of him. He is Bird of Death, who likes to jump on the bodies of dead animals and eat them. The lion and the sheep knew it

If we go on quarreling, said the lion, "we will both die of thirst, and the vulture will eat us. Go to the water and drink, but don't drink it all."

The sheep did as the lion said, and the two animals weren't thirsty anymore.

（1）、The lion thought he should drink the water first because

A、he was much older than the sheep B、he was the king of all the animals C、he was thirstier than the sheep D、he found the water

（2）、What does the underlined word "quarrel" mean in Chinese?

A、交易 B、幻想 C、争吵 D、隐蔽

（3）、How might the lion and the sheep feel when they saw the vulture?

A、Scared. B、Excited. C、Lucky D、Funny.

（4）、Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A、The vulture lived near a pool. B、The sheep drank the water first. C、The vulture followed the sheep to the top of a hill. D、The lion and the sheep found more water together.

（5）、From this story we learn that it's important to

A、keep on doing things to the end B、be happy with what we have C、be hard-working D、care for others

举一反三

阅读下面的短文，根据短文内容，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳答案。

Ma Yun was born on October 15,1964 in Hangzhou， Zhejiang Province. He is the founder (创始人)of Alibaba Group.

At the age of 10， Ma Yun took an interest in English. Each morning， he rode his bike to Hangzhou Hotel to talk with foreigners. In 1988， he became an English teacher. Then Ma Yun met Bill Aho， an American businessman， in Hangzhou. In 1995， he visited the United States for the first time. He stayed with Mr. Aho's family. There， he was introduced to the World Wide Web. Then he returned home and set up one of China's first web companies(公司)， China Yellowpages in the same year. On February 21,1999， he founded Alibaba. He chose Alibaba as the name because everyone knew the story of Alibaba.

Ma Yun had problems along the way. But his hard work made Alibaba an online success.

Tom saw an advertisement in a newspaper for a beautiful bicycle. It cost 55 pounds. So he went to the shop and asked to see one of the wonderful bicycles.
The owner of the shop was harpy to show one to Tom. Tom examined(检查)it carefully, and turned to the owner and said, "There isn't a lamp on this bicycle. hut there was one on the bicycle in your advertisement."
"Yes, Sir, "answered the man." But the lamp isn't included(包含)in the price of bicycle."
"Not included in the price of bicycle?" Tom said angrily. "But that's not honest. If the lamp is in the advertisement, it should be included in the price.”“Well, Sir,” answered the shop owner coldly. "There is also a girl on the bicycle in the advertisement. but we cannot give you a girl with the bicycle, either."

“Which meal do we all need most, breakfast, lunch or dinner?” Miss Baker asks. Boys and girls wave their hands in the air. They know the answer.“What do you think, Jim?” Miss Baker asks.“Dinner,” Jim answers.“Dinner is the big meal of the day,” says Miss Baker. “But I don't think we need it most.”Tom puts up his hands. “ Do we need lunch most?”“No,” says Miss Baker. “We need breakfast most.”“Why is this so?”“From night to morning is a long time to go without food,” says Ann.“That's right,” says Miss Baker. “We need food every morning. What may happen to us if we have no breakfast?”The students have many answers to give.“We may feel hungry.”“We may not feel like working.”“We may feel sick.”“Yes, you are right,” says Miss Baker. “Now let's talk about what makes a good breakfast. Give me your answers. I will write them on the blackboard.”

根据短文内容，判断下列句子的正误。
    At midnight (半夜) Mr. King coughed again. He got up and took some medicine. Before he lay down again, he smoked. And he couldn't go to sleep any longer. He found the medicine book and began to read it. He was afraid he had lung cancer(肺癌). He seemed to see death was waiting for him. Tears (眼泪)ran down his face. He didn't see his wife was standing by him.
   “What's wrong with you, dear?”asked the woman.
   “Nothing,” the old man answered and covered his face with his hands. The old woman opened the book and understood at once. She said, “You must stop smoking right now. ”
   “I began to smoke when I was nine, you know. How can I do that?”
   “But I think health is more important. ”
    Mr. King coughed again and his wife said, “Go to see a doctor tomorrow. He will be able to help you, I think. ”
    The doctor told Mr. King to have an X-ray examination（X光检查）of his lungs(肺). And then he looked at the X-ray carefully for a long time.
   “Tell me the truth, doctor. ” said Mr. King, “Do you see any shadows (阴影) in my lungs?”
   “No, I don't see anything. ”
   “Yes?” the old man said happily. “Really?”
   “Yes. Your lungs are turning black. How can I see any shadows?”

(D) 摘录信息，阅读短文，然后完成内容摘要。

One day an old man sells(出售) a big elephant. A young man comes to the elephant and begins to look at it slowly(慢慢地). The old man goes up to him and says near his ear. "Don't say anything about the elephant before I sell it, then you can get some meat." "All right." says the young man.

After the old man sells the elephant, he gives the young man some meat and asks, "How can you see the bad ears of the elephant?" "I don't see the bad ears，"says the young man. "Then why do you look at the elephant slowly?" asks the old man. The young man answers, "Because I want to see what an elephant looks like."

根据短文内容，回答下列问题。

阅读短文，回答问题。

David was a fifteen-year-old boy. He thought he was a young man, but his parents didn't think so. They told him, When you begin to think about helping others, you'll be a young man.”

One afternoon, his parents gave David some money to buy some bread in a super- market. He saw an old woman there. The old woman looked very tired. David went up to her and found that the old woman lost her money and didn't have anything for her lunch. David took the old woman to go to the restaurant. But the old woman only ordered a glass of water for herself. David felt sorry for her, so he asked the waiter to bring the woman some bread and a cup of coffee. The old woman was so hungry(饿的） that she ate up all the food very soon. After that, she told David that she would never forget his kindness(慈善).

David felt very happy. He thought he became(变成）a real young man.

根据短文内容，回答问题

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